It's misinformation to say the Teabaggers are a grass roots
movement, given the people behind the movement are the likes of
Dick Army. Yet, it has stirred up an old traditional attitude among
Americans; that all politicians are crooks and not to be trusted, especially with our tax money. There
is a lot of truth in that thinking, which is why it is so easy to get
millions to agree with it.
It's understandable to see why the
conservatives of 40 years ago thought the generation of sex, drugs,
peace, rock n' roll, and anti authority were loonies. There were many
loonies in that crowd. It's one thing to say, all you need is love, but
it's another thing to understand the reality of 7 billion people living
together on one Earth, and all the good and bad that goes along with
humanity.
It's harder to understand why conservatives of today
are so willing to believe the ravings of uneducated talk show hosts, or
ideas like birthers and shouts of the President being a Communist, a
Fascist, or a Socialist. Of course their past behavior (McCarthyism) does bend towards paranoia, but even the uneducated could just use a
dictionary to know their accusations are wrong.
It's
understandable that conservatives have a more stubborn (unmovable)
ideology, but their current political strategy is a failure, and could
be dangerous for the country. I don't like to call
my political opponents thinking as stupid, but there is no other way to
explain the position of today's Republicans.
As a people, we
allow way to much stupidity to be aired under the guise of freedom of
speech. An idea does not deserve respect just because it is an idea. Can
we no longer simply reject dumb ideas, especially those that have been
proven to be a failure?
At long last sir..............have you no brains?
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I miss the days of Jack Kemp. Trickle down is not a policy, but rather a money grab. There must be some conservative ideas that can generate an honest discussion of the nation's needs.
The Republicans are about to find out that extremism in the defense of liberty (or the Republican party) is a vice.
I predict the Democrats will win the White House and majority in the Senate.
The Republicans aren't going to die, but they will be wounded for years. Thank you Teflon Don.
The only Republican ideas I see are in Ryan's budget plan. Which, to a liberal like me, is the same old tear down the FDR, JFK type government they have been fighting against for 85 years.
We should consider what the crash of 2007 would have been like without the safety nets installed since the Great Depression of the 1930's. There were no government safety nets then.
10's of millions of baby boomers are depending on government benefits for retirement with no other added income. High poverty is a national security issue.
Thanks for stopping by Larry Stein.
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