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Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
Rex A. Hoover
()
Date: July 16, 2013 08:40AM
Pandering to voters
I have been seeing a lot of opinion pieces castigating the Republican Party for not modifying its positions in order to make it more agreeable to one group or another.
In 2012, 43 percent of eligible voters chose not to vote, and many who did vote could not even give a rational reason for the candidates they supported, other than party identification.
Americans need an education on America, a nation founded by people willing to do whatever it took to assure their progeny of a homeland where they could pursue their dreams of living in a free and just society, one not held hostage to political correctness or a progressive agenda.
Americans need to be taught that free stuff, whether it be telephones, health care, or access to our lands, is not really free. It always costs someone something, and the long-term effect is the destruction of our American way of life.
Taking away a person’s incentive to work deprives him or her of ever having that feeling one gets when you know you have done your best. People can chase after that feeling with drugs and alcohol, but the reality is, that feeling can only be earned.
So the challenge faced by the Republican Party is to educate the populace on how important it is to understand the consequences of the vote. For the unteachable, it is a lost cause; for the others, there is always hope.
The Republican Party needs oratorically gifted educators who can reach Americans with a message focused on preserving our principles as described by our Constitution.
They need to teach people how to evaluate every candidate and vote wisely, lest the promise they were given by their ancestors is not given to their progeny.
Rex A. Hoover, Sumerduck
I have been seeing a lot of opinion pieces castigating the Republican Party for not modifying its positions in order to make it more agreeable to one group or another.
In 2012, 43 percent of eligible voters chose not to vote, and many who did vote could not even give a rational reason for the candidates they supported, other than party identification.
Americans need an education on America, a nation founded by people willing to do whatever it took to assure their progeny of a homeland where they could pursue their dreams of living in a free and just society, one not held hostage to political correctness or a progressive agenda.
Americans need to be taught that free stuff, whether it be telephones, health care, or access to our lands, is not really free. It always costs someone something, and the long-term effect is the destruction of our American way of life.
Taking away a person’s incentive to work deprives him or her of ever having that feeling one gets when you know you have done your best. People can chase after that feeling with drugs and alcohol, but the reality is, that feeling can only be earned.
So the challenge faced by the Republican Party is to educate the populace on how important it is to understand the consequences of the vote. For the unteachable, it is a lost cause; for the others, there is always hope.
The Republican Party needs oratorically gifted educators who can reach Americans with a message focused on preserving our principles as described by our Constitution.
They need to teach people how to evaluate every candidate and vote wisely, lest the promise they were given by their ancestors is not given to their progeny.
Rex A. Hoover, Sumerduck
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
Uh No
()
Date: July 16, 2013 10:27AM
Rex A. Hoover Wrote:
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> Americans need to be taught that free stuff,
> whether it be telephones, health care, or access
> to our lands, is not really free. It always costs
> someone something, and the long-term effect is the
> destruction of our American way of life.
Not Americans, immigrants need to learn that fuck face!
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> Americans need to be taught that free stuff,
> whether it be telephones, health care, or access
> to our lands, is not really free. It always costs
> someone something, and the long-term effect is the
> destruction of our American way of life.
Not Americans, immigrants need to learn that fuck face!
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
What Repubs Need
()
Date: July 16, 2013 02:11PM
Repubs need to decide what they stand for, if anything. Unfortunately, their tendency to focus on banning gay marriage, pot, abortion, flag-burning, and other personal-choice freedoms is inconsistent with limited government. And sadly, when they're in the majority, they become the same corrupt, self-serving, tax-and-spend a-holes that gets the Democrats thrown out periodically.
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: July 16, 2013 02:28PM
Rex A. Hoover Wrote:
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> The Republican Party needs oratorically gifted
> educators who can reach Americans with a message
> focused on preserving our principles as described
> by our Constitution.
It's cute that you actually believe this.
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> The Republican Party needs oratorically gifted
> educators who can reach Americans with a message
> focused on preserving our principles as described
> by our Constitution.
It's cute that you actually believe this.
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
Wall Street Pimp
()
Date: July 16, 2013 02:47PM
What Repubs Need Wrote:
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> Repubs need to decide what they stand for, if
> anything. Unfortunately, their tendency to focus
> on banning gay marriage, pot, abortion,
> flag-burning, and other personal-choice freedoms
> is inconsistent with limited government. And
> sadly, when they're in the majority, they become
> the same corrupt, self-serving, tax-and-spend
> a-holes that gets the Democrats thrown out
> periodically.
LIBERTARIANS baby!! Screw the dems and the GOP. They are two sides of the same coin and that coin is fimly in the pocket of big business and Wall Street. The fact that the democrats believed that Obama was for the little guy and was going to take on Wall Street is laughable. The fact that there are still some who believe it is downright hysterical.
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> Repubs need to decide what they stand for, if
> anything. Unfortunately, their tendency to focus
> on banning gay marriage, pot, abortion,
> flag-burning, and other personal-choice freedoms
> is inconsistent with limited government. And
> sadly, when they're in the majority, they become
> the same corrupt, self-serving, tax-and-spend
> a-holes that gets the Democrats thrown out
> periodically.
LIBERTARIANS baby!! Screw the dems and the GOP. They are two sides of the same coin and that coin is fimly in the pocket of big business and Wall Street. The fact that the democrats believed that Obama was for the little guy and was going to take on Wall Street is laughable. The fact that there are still some who believe it is downright hysterical.
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
Mickey
()
Date: July 16, 2013 10:39PM
Wall Street Pimp Wrote:
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> What Repubs Need Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Repubs need to decide what they stand for, if
> > anything. Unfortunately, their tendency to
> focus
> > on banning gay marriage, pot, abortion,
> > flag-burning, and other personal-choice
> freedoms
> > is inconsistent with limited government. And
> > sadly, when they're in the majority, they
> become
> > the same corrupt, self-serving, tax-and-spend
> > a-holes that gets the Democrats thrown out
> > periodically.
>
>
> LIBERTARIANS baby!! Screw the dems and the GOP.
> They are two sides of the same coin and that coin
> is fimly in the pocket of big business and Wall
> Street. The fact that the democrats believed that
> Obama was for the little guy and was going to take
> on Wall Street is laughable. The fact that there
> are still some who believe it is downright
> hysterical.
Very well put, Wall Street Pimp. The only real difference between Repubs and Dems is the name. They are all the same. Libertarians are the way, but until they can get big money support, and I mean the same big money the Repubs and Dems get, they will not succeed. I was heartened to hear several years ago about the Tea Party, but they allowed themselves to be hijacked by the Repubs, who provided them with Sarah Palin (a ditz) and Rush Limbaugh (a drug-addled disc jockey) as spokespeople. That put them right in the toilet. The Tea Party was a threat to both parties, that somehow the real people of this country might have some say in their own affairs. The same reason the Libertarians are a threat. They could not allow threats to their own corrupt money machine. And the only reason both parties focus on the social issues is that those issues get people riled up, and it diverts their attention away from the fact that neither party really gives a damn about regular Americans. They just exist to collect money in between campaigns and elections, and what happens to Americans is not really any of their concern.
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> What Repubs Need Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Repubs need to decide what they stand for, if
> > anything. Unfortunately, their tendency to
> focus
> > on banning gay marriage, pot, abortion,
> > flag-burning, and other personal-choice
> freedoms
> > is inconsistent with limited government. And
> > sadly, when they're in the majority, they
> become
> > the same corrupt, self-serving, tax-and-spend
> > a-holes that gets the Democrats thrown out
> > periodically.
>
>
> LIBERTARIANS baby!! Screw the dems and the GOP.
> They are two sides of the same coin and that coin
> is fimly in the pocket of big business and Wall
> Street. The fact that the democrats believed that
> Obama was for the little guy and was going to take
> on Wall Street is laughable. The fact that there
> are still some who believe it is downright
> hysterical.
Very well put, Wall Street Pimp. The only real difference between Repubs and Dems is the name. They are all the same. Libertarians are the way, but until they can get big money support, and I mean the same big money the Repubs and Dems get, they will not succeed. I was heartened to hear several years ago about the Tea Party, but they allowed themselves to be hijacked by the Repubs, who provided them with Sarah Palin (a ditz) and Rush Limbaugh (a drug-addled disc jockey) as spokespeople. That put them right in the toilet. The Tea Party was a threat to both parties, that somehow the real people of this country might have some say in their own affairs. The same reason the Libertarians are a threat. They could not allow threats to their own corrupt money machine. And the only reason both parties focus on the social issues is that those issues get people riled up, and it diverts their attention away from the fact that neither party really gives a damn about regular Americans. They just exist to collect money in between campaigns and elections, and what happens to Americans is not really any of their concern.
Re: Pandering to voters (an Opinion)
Posted by:
barry 16
()
Date: July 16, 2013 10:53PM
America is like one big HOA. Except half the members pay no dues. That same half can vote themselves free stuff at the expense of the half that is paying dues.