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Emile
(22,892 posts)you have no reason to vote Republican.
lastlib
(23,278 posts)Billionaires and suckers. Check your wallet to see which one you are."
I don't know who came up with that, but it's perfect. Really, everything all boils down to that.
calimary
(81,447 posts)Maine Abu El Banat
(3,479 posts)To their campaign. Your shit.
underpants
(182,876 posts)rickford66
(5,528 posts)wiggs
(7,817 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)moose65
(3,168 posts)Republicans believe in making rich people richer. That's it. It's their one belief and one-item agenda. Anything else exists solely to serve that belief.
lastlib
(23,278 posts)(See post #11 above)
Or, as another poster put it awhile back:
1) Wealth for the wealthy;
2) Power for the powerful;
3) Comfort for the comfortable;
4) Poverty for the poor;
5) Affliction for the afflicted.
aocommunalpunch
(4,244 posts)Frame the argument and stop making implications. Start with "monsters". There's plenty of evidence.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)Even if it is in a ..."They seem to only be for supporting the wealthy, White Supremacy, and trying to force a radically conservative brand of christianity on everyone". Tie it to their actions.
usonian
(9,856 posts)Biden Asks the Best Question: What Are Republicans For?
The "Biden Asked" is ambiguous.
In the one case "He is asked", no answer is given.
In the second case "He asked", no answer is possible. (a few come close)
Agree on the servitude of oligarchs --- "One Way Street Libertarianism" Freedom for me, not for you.
When you look at things, they are pretty complex. They used to be simple: "BIG BUSINESS" but things took a turn a few years ago.
Did you notice that the "Communism Bad" message disappeared?
The more one connects the dots, the more the answer is:
Russian stooges, though I am scratching my head how OUR oligarchs see a way to be Trumputin's oligarchs. Both are older than I am (that's saying something) and a lot crazier. WTF
More here:
Democracy in Crisis: Weve Been Headed Here for Decades. Part 1of 8
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/6/2044226/-America-2021-The-Good-the-Bad-the-Ugly
Read all 8 to get the "plan" in detail.
This is all a Russian plan. Started years ago.
https://pastebin.com/raw/evbnN5y7
sop
(10,240 posts)You, me and everyone else are dispensable cogs in the wealth machine.
TheFarseer
(9,325 posts)Tacitly implies they are FOR white voters.
William769
(55,147 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)That is all.
IronLionZion
(45,523 posts)considering how hard the GOP screws them out of healthcare
Kid Berwyn
(14,953 posts)Publicly financed campaigns would level the political playing field.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,438 posts)What are they for? Racism, greed and power while they hide behind a man named Jesus. Why keep pondering what they are for, when we've know for years. Jeez, it's not like they've haven't revealed their evil souls time and time again.
https://dancingthroughtherain.com ...
When People Show You Who
Funtatlaguy
(10,885 posts)calimary
(81,447 posts)Clean, simple, spot-on.
Cha
(297,577 posts)Focus!
Please Fight to Save Our Democracy💙 in 2022 & 2024!
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)to the list the GOP doesn't support
mwb970
(11,365 posts)Anything else (anything else) is low priority.
Bucky
(54,053 posts)and the rights of guns to sneak around society in the hands of anybody, regardless of how irresponsibly they will be used.
RANDYWILDMAN
(2,675 posts)Oh wait they fall into supported by Republicans category
Corporations
CousinIT
(9,257 posts)Where in they basically quote Mitch McConnell. Stenography style. And offer little else except "OMG Democrats might get something accomplished for the American people. But can that be GOOD?"
EDIT: And Peter Baker on Stephanie Ruhle is a parody of himself.
NOTE the title of the NYTimes article, already spun/framed to the Republican POV. This isn't reporting. It's shit -n- spin stenography.
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE A REPUBLIC
THEY DEFINE A REPUBLIC AS THE "The Minority Rules the majority"
HOW CAN THAT BE ANY THING OTHER THAN SLAVERY
🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾
Maybe if our media began calling GOP the PRO SLAVERY PARTY. Everyone else will begin to realize that's all they've ever been since 1776🤷🏾♀️.
TRUTH
1965, when the voter right act was passed that finally granted, BLACK WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. The Dixiecrats (The Minority PRO-SLAVERY SLAVERY WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY) Implanted themselves like a cancer in the Republican party. And the pro slavery wing of the Republican party welcome them with open arms, Because it made their minority larger as well.
They are easy to recognize, they affectionately call themselves the 1776ers.
Why would anyone want to return to a time before toilet paper, Except A weirdo cult That wants everyone ENSLAVED TO THEIR WHIM. 🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾
Remember after 2008 when OBAMA WON, The republicans became the OBSTRUCTIONIST PARTY.
And look what they have DEVOVLED INTO TODAY. A party willing to allow a monster to sacrifice our democracy. Yes for the opportunity to control less for 4 more years.
We the people, the majority of us, 81 million strong plus our children That's at least another 75 million coming up behind us give or take. As long as we fight to fight to vote at every election, come particularly November 2022. And primaries, always vote in primaries that is where the real candidate is chosen.
As long as we continue to exercise our birthright to choose our leaders. The Republican party We'll never overcome a 7 million vote deficit. Unless we choose to fall for their extreme program of program of geographic complacency.
Example get people angry about gas prices. 🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾🤷🏾♀️🖕🏾
TRUTH!
And if you're reading this and thinking well I can't believe she's saying all this stuff this is terrible they're not all bad.
I never said they were Most republicans don't even realize the Republican ideology is a ideology is a pro slavery ideology. They focus on fiscal conservatism. Or when is you voters that are against abortion.
People are not trained to see the big picture.
And every single vote we always have 2 options. We either CHOOSE FREEDOM, or would you choose the 1776's SLAVERY IDEOLOGY.
TRUTH💜
And what would a PRO SLAVERY PARTY want to do? Hmmmm....Perhaps...🤔
1. They want to take away a woman's free ride to choose. WOMAN/ BIRTHING PARENT are the only ones who put our life on the line to BIRTH life into the world. No one has the right to FORCE ANYOUNE TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON LINE FOR SHIT. Even OUR MILITARY is 100% volunteer now.
THAT IS WHY GIVING BIRTH IS ALWAYS EVER ONLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A MOTHERS CHOICE.
And everyone, who births life into this world is MOTHER at the moment they push. MOTHER is a TITLE, it is not a feminine designation.
Imagine just imagine if OUR MEDIA just CALLED the REPUBLICAN PARTY THE PRO-SLAVERY PARTY
And THE very WORST REPUBLICANS call THEMSELVES the 1776ERS.
TRUTH
AGREEMENT?
💜
Hotler
(11,445 posts)Demobrat
(8,986 posts)It all comes down to protecting rich, white, male power and privilege.