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I think the majority of people who are voting for the politicians supporting far right policies will die off in the next 10-20 years and this won't be an issue anymore.
Um, in 10 - 20 years you'll be feeling the unfettered full effects of socialist policies and I can absolutely promise you the color of your skin will not matter one iota as to whether you'll feel good about those policies...
The same guy who missed out on high school biology once again reveals his ignorance.
Ah, so Hitler was a socialist?
A. Explain what you believe "socialist" to mean.
B. Explain Hitler's "socialist" policies.
You'll forgive me if I don't wait with bated breath after all those examples of liberals anyone who opposes Obama as "racist" and science books that speak of "individual lives" were never produced.
Given the current far-right extremist state of the Republican Party, its tactics of voter suppression, efforts to subjugate government to corporate capitalism by defunding it, including destroying the social safety net, cutting taxes for the rich while increasing military spending, attacking labor unions in order to destroy the political power of the middle and working classes; do you think it likely, or unlikely, that they will succeed in turning the United States into a fascist state? Or do you think they would settle for plutarchy, if they were to seize control of the Senate and Presidency?
They obviously want plutarchy, but would this lead to fascism?
[sigh] Give the computer to mommy for a minute; I want to talk to her.
You don't see shady deals like Solyndra as much better examples of government cahooting with contributor business interests? That's much more compatible with Fascism.
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The far right fundamentalists want a fascist theocracy. I don't think they'll succeed, but I do think we need to be vigilant, because they're driven by their dogma, which means they'll never stop trying. Which is why the GOP needs to suck it up, kick these anti-Americans out of their party, and move to the more moderate center of the political spectrum. It may cost them an election cycle or two, but I think it's their only chance to survive as a party.
Are there any moderate Republicans? I've yet to encounter one, other than Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (didn't actually meet them).
Um, in 10 - 20 years you'll be feeling the unfettered full effects of socialist policies and I can absolutely promise you the color of your skin will not matter one iota as to whether you'll feel good about those policies...
Please provide examples of "socialism" that have been created in the past four years.
BTW, would you consider Bush's drug entitlement program "socialism?" Did you whine about it being socialism at the time? For the sane people on this forum, can you imagine what what our cretinous right-wingers would have said if Obama created a new entitlement program and then went around the country literally begging people to sign up? Oh...the horror! Strangely, they barely said a peep at the time and simply excused it as a campaign enticement to seniors. You see, when Dubs creates a little bit of socialism, we must conclude he's really not a socialist. When Obama does something that is, by definition, not socialism, he just has to be a socialist.
Um, in 10 - 20 years you'll be feeling the unfettered full effects of socialist policies and I can absolutely promise you the color of your skin will not matter one iota as to whether you'll feel good about those policies...
Well, either way, fascism/socialism, if we see signs of things going either way for real (not just internet OMG speculative stuff), we will have no hesitation to leave the U.S.
Given the current far-right extremist state of the Republican Party, its tactics of voter suppression, efforts to subjugate government to corporate capitalism by defunding it, including destroying the social safety net, cutting taxes for the rich while increasing military spending, attacking labor unions in order to destroy the political power of the middle and working classes; do you think it likely, or unlikely, that they will succeed in turning the United States into a fascist state? Or do you think they would settle for plutarchy, if they were to seize control of the Senate and Presidency?
They obviously want plutarchy, but would this lead to fascism?
Quite possibly the worst post that I have ever read on c-d; and that's saying a lot. Congrats.
Are there any moderate Republicans? I've yet to encounter one, other than Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (didn't actually meet them).
Just had this discussion with my father the other day. With Snowe leaving, we concluded there were exactly none left in the Senate. Anyone who is willing to compromise or protect abortion rights or thinks tax increases should be on the table are "RINOs" to our Tea Partiers. These TBers would rather a Democrat win than a moderate Republican win the general election. It's unbelievable what has happened to the GOP. Ronald Reagan, with his amnesty for immigrants, his tax increases, his cutting and running from Lebanon would be cast as a liberal if you hid his name and just listed his positions, to the TBers. It isn't good for a two-party system when one party marginalizes itself to this degree.
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