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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux

Why voting for democrats is *insane*:

1. The country is going broke. And at leasta the repubs have given lipservice to the idea of a balanced budget, and pushed the idea of sequestration. You don't like it. I love it.
2. Nationalization. Dems think government programs are the answer to everything - whether its the new consumer credit agency, taking over educational loans from private vendors, nationalizing home mortgage lending, obamacare. Dept of Homeland security: you know where they took ununionized airport screeners and made them unionized govt employees - contributing to.. you guessed it: democrats.
3. Obamacare.
4. Illegal immegration. Dems want to ensure political hegemony by allowing illegal immigration.
5. Illegal voting. We don't like it when Dem's let illegals vote. We don't like it when dead people vote.
6. Cronyism. Terry Macauliffe was clintons ax man. Now running for governor. Anthony wiener. Funded by clinton supporters. ..Aren't you tired of dynasties? AT GM: Bailing out the union's pension while bankrupting management's pension.
7. Labor laws. Teachers unions in education are producing higher wages for teachers - and terrible teaching results. Education is dumbed down 4 grade levels since the 50s.
8. Higher taxes. Half the country pays no fed taxes. Idiotic. And 50% (where it soon will go) is too much taxes. JFK (democrat) said the same in his state of the union speech.
9. Gun Control. Its a constitution right. Keep your hands off our guns.
10. Pigford v. Glickman.
11. Community redevelopment act of 1993.
12. EPA regs shutting down coal as a power source.
13. Benghazi. Where Obama lied for political advantage.
14. Use of the IRS as a political tool.
15. NSA bugging of all american voice traffic. 10,000's of cases of abuse.
16. Tapping of journalists.
17. Unconstitutional appointments



I could continue forever, but whats the point...

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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers

Here's another image floating around out there. GOP "Conservatism" and the myth that the GOP is great for the economy and business is a lie. The numbers don't lie and no...no links to any sources because most partisans the just go after the messenger.

• Under Reagan and Bush Sr.: $3.4 Trillion increase in the debt.

• Under George W. Bush: $6.1 Trillion

• Total: $9.5 Trillion. (not counting interest)

• Interest on Reagan-Bush debt under Clinton: $2.2 trillion.

• Interest on $11.7 trillion after G. W. Bush: $3 trillion

• Grand Total Reagan/Bush/Bush Debt: $12 trillion (as of Sept. 30, 2010).

Reagan/Bush/Bush all deficit spent during good years, which has now made it unpalatable to deficit spend in a period when it is appropriate for governments to deficit spend. The Republican Presidents' reckless deficit spending condemned us to an extended Great Recession.

The GOP leaders know exactly what would happen to the economy if we all of a sudden "balanced the budget." The US would go into a tailspin we could never pull out of. Obama is damned by the GOP regardless of the path he takes.

This is all on the GOP. Here's more image:

Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents

Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year)

Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)

Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents.

The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations

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ORIGINAL: petitespot

I think you all here in P & R would make great politicians. You spend 99% of your energy demonizing and spinning words to support your view...just like every elected official in Washington.
You are all a perfect, small version of our government and its why I haven't voted for either party in years.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

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ORIGINAL: petitespot

I think you all here in P & R would make great politicians. You spend 99% of your energy demonizing and spinning words to support your view...just like every elected official in Washington.
You are all a perfect, small version of our government and its why I haven't voted for either party in years.

Just read`n the newspaper hon.....


Prolly best you don`t vote anyway.....

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ORIGINAL: NoBimbosAllowed
because when there's no one else to choose, the only 2 games in town can sell you crap.

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ORIGINAL: eulero83

FR

If your ideal life is: having a piece of land, a gun to keep other people out of your land, and pay your grocery with silver coins; than the american republican party is the best choice.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux

Why voting for democrats is *insane*:

6. Cronyism. Terry Macauliffe was clintons ax man. Now running for governor. Anthony wiener. Funded by clinton supporters. ..Aren't you tired of dynasties? AT GM: Bailing out the union's pension while bankrupting management's pension.

Yep. I imagine US voters are somewhat tired of political dynasties. The Bush family political dynasty in particular. The rest of the world was so glad to be rid of that particular dynasty that Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize simply for not being Bush.

As for the rest of your reasons for not voting D, they are equally inane. I'm not a big fan of the Ds, but any political party anywhere that is so irresponsible that it is prepared to plunge the entire world into recession over reforms to a primitive healthcare system doesn't deserve any office of Govt other than the janitor's office.

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ORIGINAL: eulero83

FR

If your ideal life is: having a piece of land, a gun to keep other people out of your land, and pay your grocery with silver coins; than the american republican party is the best choice.

Or if you prefer to not own anything, buy your groceries with food stamps and fill the pockets of politicians with your taxes while listening to them tell you how much they care, than the democrat party is your best bet.

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ORIGINAL: petitespot

I think you all here in P & R would make great politicians. You spend 99% of your energy demonizing and spinning words to support your view...just like every elected official in Washington.
You are all a perfect, small version of our government and its why I haven't voted for either party in years.

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ORIGINAL: thishereboi

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ORIGINAL: eulero83

FR

If your ideal life is: having a piece of land, a gun to keep other people out of your land, and pay your grocery with silver coins; than the american republican party is the best choice.

Or if you prefer to not own anything, buy your groceries with food stamps and fill the pockets of politicians with your taxes while listening to them tell you how much they care, than the democrat party is your best bet.