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I'll just jump in; I don't like the current GOP. I think they're fools. Current Democrats aren't a whole lot better, but the GOP, in my honest opinion, is simply no longer capable of being a serious party to lead the nation, but sadly, they have the money to continue being a serious party.
I have no actual issue with conservatives, or even really Republicans, it's just the current people who advocate for the republican party. People like Ted Cruz or Michele Bachmann, they're ridiculous. Cruz wasted everyone's time on nothing. He read Green Eggs and Ham and tried to make a serious point? It's a joke. Does he even know the moral of Green Eggs and Ham? The current big names in the GOP need to be removed and replaced by rational thinkers. Holding on to traditional values is one things, it's making up what those values are that bugs me. Things like 'Christian values being the foundation of our society.' This does serious damage to issues like evolution and gay marriage. Many republicans are more than willing to give homosexuals equal treatment but not calling it marriage, which I guess doesn't bug me, but some are so against it. Bachmann said after DOMA was deemed unconstitutional that 'only God can define marriage.' Last I checked, we didn't elect God. He didn't write the constitution. It's insane. Then there's evolution. Most Republicans actually support it, but those who don't support it are literally almost always republican. Ric Perry's in Texas right not trying to decide if we should have science or religion in science textbooks. That shouldn't even be a discussion.
Point is, conservatives are fine. I'm personally not one, but I have no issue with them and would want them to have some power in government. Republicans... well, if they get some better members, I'll say the same thing. Until then, I want them out. I want a new party to take their place. Or at least a party besides the democrats to be able to combat them. I just want more parties. Then, we'd be less polarized. That's really the root of the problem. If people didn't have the whole 'republican or democrat' mindset, compromise might actually be an option and the government would still be running.
Nice post. Gives me hope for the future to see such a rational and even-handed view.
Can you explain why white and elderly people are such a bad thing? Democrats' hatred of that group, and really, any group that doesn't vote for them, is really really concerning.
Since when? If you an older white voter with a need of insurance and a pre-existing condition, I think you know which party has your back.
The demographics of this country are shaped like a dumb bell, with a bulge in the 50-70 classes (boomers) and in the 15-30 range (boomer spawn). The latter group is split between the dems and the reps, but the younger group is what will decide the future. I am just wondering how the latest flea circus is playing with the young vote.
Maybe that was Cruz' intent with Green Eggs and Ham. To reach out to the younguns...
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They must be smarter than the other sheep.
