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Old 11-24-2010, 10:42 AM
 
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Republicans are more like the party of, we-will-use-abortion-as-a-wedge-issue-to-rally-the-base-but-won't-ever-actually-do-anything-about-it. And oh yeah, we'll also use hate and fear to rally up our hijacked "Christian" base.
Can you actually dispute anything in that video? Or are you just going to ignore the actual message and attack Beck?
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:44 AM
 
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As a Pro-Life Anti-Gay Marriage Catholic, I give up on the Republicans


...and I'm willing to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:46 AM
 
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I agree more could be done. But I'm not ready to give up on them in favor of those that openly promote it and do all they can to cause more of them.
I'm not ready to openly promote a party which supports such hateful and divisive people. I'm Catholic, and part of being Catholic is doing your best to love others, and in my mind the Republican party couldn't be doing a worse job of that.
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:48 AM
 
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The Republican party is the party of individual responsibility. The Democrats are the entitlement party. JFK would be ashamed of what the Democrats have degenerated into. "Ask not what your country can do for you..." is the exact opposite of how the Dems think now.

As for the abortion issues, yeah it would be nice to see the Republican party try to do something but since five tyrants in bathrobes (a.k.a. Supreme Court Justices) have "discovered" the right to abortion in the US Constitution (my copy must not have all the erratta because I couldn't find it) there is not much they can do. It should be, at a minimum, a State issue even if one doesn't consider an unborn child to be a real human being with the right to life. ALL social issues should be decided by the states and not the Federal government. Then people could move to the state that most aggreed with their philosophical outlook on life and there'd be a whole lot less polerization in the country since issues would get decided locally.
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:50 AM
 
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Can you actually dispute anything in that video? Or are you just going to ignore the actual message and attack Beck?
THERE IS NO MESSAGE in that video! Its just a bunch of ambiguous threats and childish props. Oooooooooooooooh big scary government is trying to hurt you! Grow up.
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:50 AM
 
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I'm not ready to openly promote a party which supports such hateful and divisive people. I'm Catholic, and part of being Catholic is doing your best to love others, and in my mind the Republican party couldn't be doing a worse job of that.
So i's loving to support the killing of 3000 babies a day? How does that square with your catholic faith? Your pope would likely suggest that voting for a candidate that supports abortion would be bad.

Having said that, can you tell me what is actually wrong with what Beck said? Did you watch it?
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:56 AM
 
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So i's loving to support the killing of 3000 babies a day? How does that square with your catholic faith? Your pope would likely suggest that voting for a candidate that supports abortion would be bad.

Having said that, can you tell me what is actually wrong with what Beck said? Did you watch it?
Can you actually tell me what he said? All I know is that he used a chalkboard and some puppets to convey that NPR is evil and Democrats ruin everything.
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Old 11-24-2010, 10:59 AM
 
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Can you actually tell me what he said? All I know is that he used a chalkboard and some puppets to convey that NPR is evil and Democrats ruin everything.
He makes a good case that Soros is a major controlling force behind a lot of what is going on. Can you dispute it?


Just admit it...you didn't actually watch it, did you?
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Old 11-24-2010, 11:00 AM
 
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So i's loving to support the killing of 3000 babies a day? How does that square with your catholic faith? Your pope would likely suggest that voting for a candidate that supports abortion would be bad.

Having said that, can you tell me what is actually wrong with what Beck said? Did you watch it?

If abortion is really the only thing you have to show that Republicans have any sort of compassion for humanity as a whole, then they are far worse than I thought.
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Old 11-24-2010, 11:01 AM
 
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He makes a good case that Soros is a major controlling force behind a lot of what is going on. Can you dispute it?


Just admit it...you didn't actually watch it, did you?
How does he make a good case? All he says is he took down 4 countries, and then points to his chalk board with some non-conservative news sources. I watched it twice, once via the Daily Show and once just by itself on youtube. Both made me cringe.
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