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Originally posted by chebob
Being from the UK, I don't see the difference between Republicans and Democrats.......I know thats a misjudgement though, so what are the basic differences?
Originally posted by Tyriffic
I believe Astrocreep gave one good explanation on pg.2(?).
I think the core difference lately has been the expansion of government influence in our day to day lives and how the two parties view this. The New Society programs started by Johnson(Democrat) in the early 60s began as a noble idea and have since aided in destroying many a socio-economic future of many Americans. This giant govt. program has cost trillions(?) of dollars since then.
Liberal vs Conservative in lifestyle and outlook. Yet, to pigeon-hole one or the other into a black or white, yes or no framework is naive.
Originally posted by chebob
Being from the UK, I don't see the difference between Republicans and Democrats.......I know thats a misjudgement though, so what are the basic differences?
Originally posted by Colonel
Originally posted by chebob
Being from the UK, I don't see the difference between Republicans and Democrats.......I know thats a misjudgement though, so what are the basic differences?
Don't listen to the hype. I'll tell ya the truth. The republicans tend to be bigoted, homophobic, exceedingly selfish Bible thumpers. Their mantra is "no taxes" since they are exceedingly selfish, "state's rights" which lends to their bigoted side a la Jim Crow, and no gay rights (civil unions etc) which expresses their homophobic side.
They are FOR mixing church and state (ONLY the Christian religion) with their school prayer, faith based funding, and vouchers some of which is against the Establishment Clause. Oh, they do enjoy killing since they advocate the death penalty. Here, they get two birds with one stone. They get to revel in their love of death and wipe out blacks in a single throw since blacks are the majority on death row. In addiotn, in tune with their kill ideology, they support a ridiculously strong military and the right for an individual to possess any type of "kill 'em all" gun available while they "praise the lord" on Sunday.
Those are the republicans.
Originally posted by Colonel
Hey, how'd my stats shoot up so high?
Originally posted by Colonel
Originally posted by chebob
Being from the UK, I don't see the difference between Republicans and Democrats.......I know thats a misjudgement though, so what are the basic differences?
Don't listen to the hype. I'll tell ya the truth. The republicans tend to be bigoted, homophobic, exceedingly selfish Bible thumpers. Their mantra is "no taxes" since they are exceedingly selfish, "state's rights" which lends to their bigoted side a la Jim Crow, and no gay rights (civil unions etc) which expresses their homophobic side.
They are FOR mixing church and state (ONLY the Christian religion) with their school prayer, faith based funding, and vouchers some of which is against the Establishment Clause. Oh, they do enjoy killing since they advocate the death penalty. Here, they get two birds with one stone. They get to revel in their love of death and wipe out blacks in a single throw since blacks are the majority on death row. In addiotn, in tune with their kill ideology, they support a ridiculously strong military and the right for an individual to possess any type of "kill 'em all" gun available while they "praise the lord" on Sunday.
Those are the republicans.